Finance minister Pashcal Donohoe supports abortion for all women in early pregnancy

Pashcal Donohoe, the finance minister, says that he backs the recommendations of the Oireachtas committee on abortionLEAH FARRELL/ROLLINGNEWS.IE

Abortion should be available in Ireland to all women in early pregnancy, Pashcal Donohoe has said.

The finance minister is the latest cabinet member to back lifting Ireland’s ban on abortion and passing new legislation allowing free access. Mr Donohoe yesterday said that he supported the recommendations of the Oireachtas committee on abortion, which last month called for sweeping reform of the law.

Simon Harris, the health minister, will this morning update cabinet on his department’s work on a new abortion law, which could come into effect if the Eighth Amendment is repealed in a referendum this year. The Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment last month recommended deleting the controversial amendment and not replacing it with a new reference to abortion in the constitution.…

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